Currently, David is doing what's called a 'postdoctoral fellowship' in the department of psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle. His title is
"Research Associate" and he has a faculty appointment there. Most of David's work revolves around a large-scale clinical trial of three treatments for depression. It's a huge, 5-year, federally funded investigation, involving 400 subjects. As part of this project, David divides his time between clinical work (conducting assessments and therapy), clinical training of the graduate students, data analysis, administrative tasks, and some grant-writing. He finds this to be a fulfilling and stimulating mix of activities. At the conclusion of this project, David hopes to move into a faculty position within the department of psychiatry within the school of medicine at the University of Washington.

Fortunately, as an undergraduate, David had some idea of what he wanted to do professionally. So, he took as much psychology as he could. David feels that CC prepared him well for graduate school a) in terms of psychology content and research methods, and b) in terms of the pace and workload characteristic of grad school, which he was used to, having had the block plan as his model. (4/30/01)